Guidelines

• (1) Early medical termination of pregnancy - a practical guide for healthcare professionals

  This practical guide is meant for all those professionals involved in medical abortion: gynaecologists, physicians, midwives, nurses, social workers, etc.
  This guide comprises the following chapters:
  • Introduction on European legislations
  • Counseling
  • Pre-abortion care
  • Medical abortion treatment"
  • Post-abortion care
  Tables, figures, boxes, conclusions and expert advice, sections make for easy reading and a field book for everyday use.

• (2) Beyond the 1st trimester:(2017) A practical guide for healthcare professionals
• Abortion ReviewAn update on issues relating to abortion, produced for bpas
• A Clinician’s Guide to Medical and Surgical Abortion US: NAF (National Abortion Federation)
• Frequently asked clinical questions about medical abortion, 2006WHO
• Guideline from The Netherlands
• International overview of existing guidelinesGeneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research WHO Collaborating Centre in Education and Research in Human Reproduction
• Medical Termination of Pregnancy HAS guidelines 2010 (E) (PDF)France
• Medical Termination of Pregnancy HAS summary (E) (PDF)France
• Prise en charge de l'interruption volontaire de grossesse jusqu'à 14 semainesFrance: ANAES (Agence Nationale d’Accréditation et d’Évaluation en Santé The Haute Autorité de santé (HAS) - or French National Authority for Health
• Royal College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsRCOG publication on fetal awareness
• Safe Abortion. Technical and Policy Guidance for Health Systems" World Health Organization 2003WHO
• The Care of Women Requesting Induced Abortion UK: RGOG Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• WHO guidelines “Health Worker Roles in safe abortion care and post-abortion contraception”

  The guideline provides recommendations for expanding of health worker roles in the provision of safe abortion care, the management of complications of abortion (post-abortion care  / emergency obstetric care) and for post-abortion contraception provision. The key message is that most evidence-based interventions for safe abortion and post abortion care in early pregnancy can be provided at the primary health-care level and by a wide range of non-specialist providers.